Chaco Canyon National Historical Park is one of New Mexico’s greatest treasures. It is also one of our greatest national treasures and a World Heritage Site.
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Chaco Canyon was a major center of Puebloan culture between AD 850 and 1250. The Chacoan sites are part of the homeland of Pueblo Indian peoples of New Mexico, the Hopi Indians of Arizona, and the Navajo Indians of the Southwest. The absence of roads on the periphery of the Park and as well as within the Park has been key to the protection of Chacoan archaeological resources for nearly 100 years.
That may soon end. San Juan County seeks to pave the main access road to Chaco Canyon. Such an action could prove very detrimental to the future of the Park.
Here's why.
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